Nahum 3:1
A curse is on the town of blood; it is full of deceit and violent acts; and there is no end to the taking of life.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not;
In Context
2The noise of the whip, and the noise of thundering wheels; horses rushing and war-carriages jumping,
Cross References
Isaiah 24:9There is no more drinking of wine with a song; strong drink will be bitter to those who take it.
Ezekiel 22:2And you, son of man, will you be a judge, will you be a judge of the town of blood? then make clear to her all her disgusting ways.
Ezekiel 24:9For this cause the Lord has said: A curse is on the town of blood! and I will make great the burning mass.
Nahum 2:12\2:11\Where is the lions' hole, the place where the young lions got their food, where the lion and the she-lion were walking with their young, without cause for fear?
Habakkuk 2:12A curse on him who is building a place with blood, and basing a town on evil-doing!
Matthew Henry on Nahum 3:1
This chapter goes on with the burden of Nineveh, and concludes it. I. The sins of that great city are charged upon it, murder ( ver. 1 ), whoredom and witchcraft ( ver. 4 ), and a general extent of wickedness, ver. 19 . II. Judgments are here threatened against it, blood for blood ( ver. 2, 3 ), and shame for shameful sins, ver. 5-7 . III. Instances are given of the like desolations brought upon other places for the like sins, ver. 8-11 . IV. The overthrow of all those things which they depended upon, and put… Read the whole commentary →